BJP MP says Dalit community tortured in India post Bharat Bandh

New Delhi, 09 Apr 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: A BJP  Member of Parliament (MP)  Udit Raj on Saturday alleged that members of Dalit community were being “tortured” in various parts of the country following April 2  ‘Bharat Bandh’.

In a tweet MP said  “Reports are pouring in that those Dalits who participated in agitation on April 2 are being tortured and it must be stopped.”

Interestingly, all these incidents have occurred in states ruled by BJP. “Dalits are tortured at large scale after April 2 country-wide agitation. People from Barmer, Jalore, Jaipur, Gwalior, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Karoli and other parts calling that not only anti-reservationists but police also beating & slapping false cases,” he further added.

Earlier, three more BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh, all belonging to scheduled castes, had written letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi  expressing their unhappiness on the treatment of Dalits in the country

A worker of a Dalit organisation run by him in Gwalior was being tortured even though he had not done anything wrong, said Raj who represents North West Delhi in the Lok Sabha.

It is pertinent to mention that protesters had blocked trains, clashed with police and set fire to vehicles in violent protests across seven states on April 2 against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, leaving at least 11 people